Today, Rep. Steve King (R-IA) justified the GOP show vote to
repeal the Affordable Care Act while dismissing the suggestion that Republicans
would face a "backlash" for taking away coverage for pre-existing conditions
or eliminating the ability of young people to stay on their parents' insurance until the
age of 26. "It will not work for us to say there's a certain component of Obamacare that has some merit and so therefore we want to leave that in place and repeal the rest," King said on MSNBC. "This is too many pages, it's too cluttered, it's too big an
argument to allow it to turn on one or two minor things."

HOST: And so you're willing to go
out there and repeal health care to everybody, even with a pre-existing
condition, repeal the ability for kids to stay on their parents' health plan
till they're 26 years old — don't you think that would be met with tremendous
backlash?

KING: I actually don't think it
would be met with tremendous backlash. There are Republicans who support those
ideas and we start tomorrow the process of replacement of Obamacare. It will not work for us to say there's a
certain component of Obamacare that has some merit and so therefore we want to
leave that in place and repeal the rest. This is too many pages, it's too
cluttered, it's too big an argument to allow it to turn on one or two minor
things.

Furthermore, while it is accurate to say that "there are
Republicans who support those ideas," King is not one of
them. "I wanted my kids to grow up," King said last week, explaining his opposition to letting young
adults stay on their parents insurance. "When they turned 18, I told them 'my
responsibilities are now done. I'm going to nurture you and give you advice and
counsel you and I'll help you where I can, but I'm not obligated.'"